due

due

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/djuː/]

Senses

1. due (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Owed or owing.

Example: He is due four weeks of back pay.

2. due (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Appropriate.

Example: With all due respect, you're wrong about that.

3. due (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Scheduled; expected.

Example: Rain is due this afternoon.

4. due (adv) — sense 4

Definition: Directly; exactly.

Example: The river runs due north for about a mile.

5. due (noun) — sense 5

Definition: Deserved acknowledgment.

Example: Give him his due – he is a good actor.

6. due (noun) — sense 6

Definition: A membership fee.

7. due (noun) — sense 7

Definition: That which is owed; debt; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done, duty.

Example: He will give the devil his due.

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